{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Thomas Everett Thompson''' PhD DSc FZS (3 November 1933 – 1 January 1990) was a British malacologist and embryologist, known for his extensive studies on opisthobranch molluscs.

Thompson graduated from the University of Wales, Bangor, in 1954 and earned his PhD from the same university for research on dorid nudibranchs. He was awarded a D.Sc. in 1964. He was a Leverhulme Research Fellow, University of Liverpool, and a lecturer in zoology at University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire, before taking up a lectureship in zoology at the University of Bristol in 1963.<ref>Obituary: T.E. Thompson, PhD. D.Sc. FZS 1933 – 1990. ''Journal of Molluscan Studies'' '''56''': 455-461.</ref> He authored more than 115 scientific papers and books, including a two-volume Ray Society monograph on British opisthobranch molluscs.

== Taxa named after T.E. Thompson == * ''Chromodoris thompsoni'' Rudman, 1983<ref>Rudman, W.B. (1983). The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the * Indo-West Pacific: ''Chromodoris splendida'', ''C. aspersa'' and ''Hypselodoris placida'' colour groups. ''Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society'' '''78''': 105-173</ref> * ''Colpodaspis thompsoni'' G.H. Brown, 1979<ref>Brown, G.H. (1979). An investigation of the anatomy of ''Colpodaspis pusilla'' (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia) and a description of a new species of ''Colpodaspis'' from Tanzanian coastal waters. ''Journal of Zoology, London'' '''187''': 201-221</ref> * ''Cuthona thompsoni'' Garcia, Lopez-González & Garcia-Gomez, 1991<ref>Garcia, F.J., López-González, P.J. & Garcia-Gomez, J.C. (1991). A new species of Tergipedidae (Nudibranchia: Aeolidoidea) from the Atlantic coast of Southern Spain. ''Journal of Molluscan Studies'' '''57''' (supplement): 217-222</ref> * ''Elysia thompsoni'' Jensen, 1993<ref>Jensen, K.R (1993). Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia) from Rottnest Island and central Western Australia. [In:] ''Proceedings of the 5th International marine Biological Workshop: The marine Flora and Fauna of Rottnest Island, Western Australia''. (Eds: Wells, F.E, Walker, D.I., Kirkman, H. & Lethbridge, R) Western Australian Museum, Perth: 207-253.</ref> * ''Loy thompsoni'' Millen & Nybakken, 1991<ref>Millen, S.V. & Nybakken, J. (1991). A new species of ''Corambe'' (Nudibranchia: Doridoidea) from the northeastern Pacific. ''Journal of Molluscan Studies'' '''57''' (supplement): 209-215</ref> * ''Pseudovermis thompsoni'' Salvini-Plawen, 1991<ref>Von Salvini Plawen, L. (1991). ''Pseudovermis thompsoni'', new species (Nudibranchia: Aeolidoidea) from the northern Adriatic Sea. ''Journal of Molluscan Studies'' '''57''' (supplement): 179-188</ref> * ''Glaucus thompsoni'' Churchill, Valdes & Foighil 2014<ref>Churchill, C.K.C., Valdes, A. & Foighil, D.O. (2014). Molecular and morphological systematics of neustonic nudibranchs (Mollusca : Gastropoda : Glaucidae : ''Glaucus''), with descriptions of three new cryptic species. ''Invertebrate Systematics'' '''28'''(2): 174 – 195.</ref>

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